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=== Pre-professional career === | === Pre-professional career === |
Revision as of 18:50, 21 January 2010
Contents |
Profile
Personal
- Resided in Ponchatoula, Louisiana in 1954.
- Shows his hobbies are reading and playing cards.
- Reported to Bisbee-Douglas as a catcher and was converted to a pitcher and then won his first
game on the mound.
- Shows his nickname is "Easy".
Pre-professional career
- Graduated from Greenville Park High School in 1952.
- Played basketball and baseball in high school.
- Was selected on the All-District Prep Basketball Team, 1950-1951-1952.
Outside of baseball
- Works at a cypress company during the off-season.
Contract signing
- Was signed to his first contract by Tom Downey of the Boston Red Sox.
Source
- 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).